Speaker profile: Jeremy Toeman

Saturday 4:15 - 5:00: Bug Labs

Jeremy Toeman (JT) is an expert in digital media and consumer technology. Over the past ten years he has designed, built, and marketed numerous award-winning products in the “convergence” space. Jeremy is currently the VP of Marketing for Bug Labs, and is also a consultant advising companies on both product design and deployment as well as non-traditional marketing (such as community-driven) strategies.

Prior to founding Stage Two, Jeremy worked at Sling Media as the Vice President of Market Development. In that role, he was the company evangelist and was responsible for building grassroots/viral marketing programs. This included developing the company’s online presence with regards to various Web communities and blogs, promoting Sling Media’s highly visible word-of-mouth marketing efforts. Jeremy also acted as a company spokesman at consumer, trade, and industry events, being an accomplished speaker and presenter.

Prior to corporate communications and guerrilla marketing, Jeremy joined Sling Media in 2004 as VP of Product Management. He was responsible for guiding development of the Slingbox from conception to launch, helping take the vision of the founders and shape it into a physical product. Jeremy specifically participated in guiding user interface and interaction model design for the SlingPlayer PC software as well as the SlingPlayer Mobile software. Since launch, the Slingbox and its corresponding software components have won numerous industry awards.

In the late 1990s he founded Palmtastik, a Web portal designed to help early PalmPilot users get the most out of their devices. Through viral marketing efforts, Palmtastik grew online to become the second highest trafficked PalmPilot destination.

Jeremy also writes on LIVEdigitally, plays a lot of card and board games, volunteers in the local community, drinks wine, and complains about all the bad drivers around him. Always. Even when he’s not driving…

(adapted from www.livedigitally.com/jts-bio/)

Twitter: twitter.com/jtoeman